FOR FOUNDATION — Blake Larson, Taya Dyer, Ariana Pruttis, Caden Huntsinger, Jette Pruttis and Nathan Pruttis were selling sno-cones last Tuesday with the proceeds going to a foundation in the name of Makiah Bartsch who recently passed away. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler

Gary & Leo’s IGA of Conrad has teamed up again this year with the Conrad Community Education Foundation (CCEF) for the Conrad “Roundup” for Education.

Shoppers will have the opportunity to donate funds to the Conrad Community Education Foundation by “Rounding Up” their purchase of groceries to the next whole dollar amount. The “Roundup” campaign that ran in the spring of 2009 raised over $1,800. The money was used to purchase swim lessons for qualified individuals through the Caring for Kids Program.

UNLOADING — Ken Johnson pauses in the field of winter wheat on Friday to drop off a load from his combine. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler

“It is vital that our young agricultural leaders understand the grain industry in Montana,” stated Cheryl Tuck, Information Specialist, with the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee.

She was talking to the state officers of the Montana FFA Association as they were about to take a four-day tour “following the grain” from Montana to the export terminals in Portland. The Montana Wheat and Barley Committee sponsor this educational activity. They also sponsor the state FFA agronomy winning team to take the same tour. For two years now, both groups have traveled together.